PSIKIK: 2021

Sunday, December 26, 2021

Holiday down time left me with landscape time...

My original piece and the altered work with a clip from the REBORN comic ... I left the original open so that I could do something with it at a later date. But for now - I like how it all turned out!

~Enjoy!

Sunday, December 19, 2021

Some character work...

A fun villain or hero... who am I to judge on looks alone! This NPC will self identify any way they like, but I already made up my mind.

The Mob boss video image was a fun character - had a voice bit added for this guy too! In game, it was so fun for the players. They loved the atmosphere the audio brings to a game character too.

At any rate - it is the Holiday season. Everyone stay safe.

~Enjoy

Tuesday, November 09, 2021

Some times I art!

Yes, I do art from time to time. This piece was for a role Playing game group I run for players in Australia, USA and Canada. Fun group! I hope you all enjoy the twisted art.

~Enjoy!

Saturday, October 09, 2021

I wrote a thing...

you can read it here.

https://www.afghanwomennews.com/women-should-lead-afghanistan/

The world needs to change. Let me see if the pen is mightier than...

~Enjoy

If the link should ever break...

For hundreds of years men have failed the nation of Afghanistan. With that fact in place, it is any wonder why the nation fails to recognize the need for women leaders today. Going back to the First Anglo-Afghan War, a protracted civil war that began in 1816. Now again today, the Taliban have been raiding key points in the nation with no good direction or cause for their action. An attack again lead by men. The only way to truly begin rebuilding core institutions of the Afghan state is with leadership from women. With this essay, I will tell you why.

Al-Qaeda, ISIS or the Taliban are a perfect example of grown men behaving like immature children. They frantically wave weapons and make threats. Their biggest tantrums come out when they do not get their way. A demonstration sadly shown with acts of violence that leads to many deaths of innocents due to their poor behavior and lack of modern maturity skills. That is not how leadership works. These groups have no true goal beyond showing their ability to fight, strike terror and try to guide a nation with threats of violence. This continued circle of misbehavior is seen as the most negative possible way of getting attention. Each time these individuals form groups, they catch the eye of international neighbors who swoop in to spank these grown men that act like children. It is time for women to lead.

Here is why women should lead. In every culture around the world, women provide two vital roles. They are the first to teach and they are the first to feed their children. Boys and girls are treated with love and respect by women, who are now mothers. These children are a reflection of the people themselves and the legacy of a greater tomorrow. In no way do men not provide a vital role of guidance. It is women that do the majority of the teaching, guiding and leading in the lives of the youngest of children. Women's nurturing roles are crucial.

Time and again we hear about women banned from medical treatment from men. Women losing out on education because of men. This all comes from the idea that it is in the name of zealous honor, be it religious, customs or morality skewed ideologies by these groups mentioned before.

Family, community and the entire Afghan nation knows that women are the corner stone of early beginnings. Just as women are the cycle of continued growth, education, nurturing for the family, they too are to be for the future of Afghanistan. With that clearly stated, let us look at the differences between private and public behavior for women, as they are significant.

While men take on the face front roles, it is men who also run home to lament the issues of the day to the women in their lives. It is women, who have the answers and listen with quite stoic knowledge as they have raised many children, both, boys and girls, who grow to become men and women. This being a fact, women have increasing importance in Afghanistan as they grow older. Should this not be enough proof that men need women to lead? Does honor at any level mean so much that pain and death must continue for a nation that has seen far too much of that very suffering? The short answer is no.

Women have learned far more from raising boys to men, and girls into women. It is time that the men start to listen and follow their wives, mothers and sisters in a positive way. Raise women into roles of political and community leadership. Learn to follow women, and Afghanistan will heal, rebuild and prosper like it has never before. Enemies will turn into family. Threats will become discussion and debate. Violence should fade into hugs of understanding or hands for holding in guidance. Women should lead.

Sunday, September 05, 2021

Lucky me.

I spend much of my life at the top of this image. What you are asking is what it it? It is known as "MASLOW's Needs" diagram.

It is a simple guide to what everyone aspires to in their life. If you have what you want, then you do not really look for more. You look to improve upon these areas when you can. But once these needs are met, you are in a pretty good place.

Speaking for myself, I am at the top of this picture and have been since most of my married life. That is a very fortunate life indeed.

I posted this to offer some perspective to folks that follow my posts. If you are searching for answers. I find that this image really puts life into perspective for me most of the time. If you are a person who wonders about the why aspect of life, then this picture helps to answer many of those questions as well. Just do the things better that you feel you need. Be a better person. Work on your self as much as you work for other people. Things will work out on its own. I find this to be most true, most of the time.

~ Enjoy!